Federal Act
on Funding and Coordination of the Swiss
(Higher Education Act, HEdA)

¹ If an in­sti­tu­tion lack­ing ac­cred­it­a­tion un­der this Act uses the title «uni­versity», «uni­versity of ap­plied sci­ences», «uni­versity of teach­er edu­ca­tion» or a re­lated title, wheth­er ex­pressed in a na­tion­al lan­guage of Switzer­land or in any oth­er lan­guage, the man­agers of that in­sti­tu­tion are li­able to the fol­low­ing pen­al­ties:

a.

a fine not ex­ceed­ing CHF 200,000 in cases of wil­ful con­duct;

b.

a fine not ex­ceed­ing CHF 100,000 in cases of neg­li­gent con­duct.

² The Can­ton in which the in­sti­tu­tion is es­tab­lished is re­spons­ible for pro­sec­ut­ing such cases.